The battle is thinning, so far we have lost:
Miraglia/Pacchiarotti shot down in flames over enemy territory by Gruber
Lang/Kohlhauser shot down in friendly territory by Scaroni
Ancillotto forced to return to base due to wounds (Urban probable).
The battle continues.
Nungesser catches Banfield, strafing along the fuselage (4) whilst Scaroni flies over the wreckage.
D’Annunzio is not so lucky missing Hautzmeyer with his shot.
Dupon has a shot which damages Urban’s engine, the fight is over for him and he must head back.
The pilots look for their next targets.
Nungesser sees an opportunity and Immelmanns to give him a shot against Gruber’s diving Albatros, but misses the target, otherwise there are no other opportunities.
Brumkowski closes on the slower Macchi and gets on his tail, but misses with his first shot.
…and Gruber scores a minor hit on Scaroni with perfect positioning.
Brumkowski stays on the tail of Jannello but still misses, Turek having better luck (2) against Baracca.
Linke-Crawford does best with a massive hit on Dupon’s craft with bullets hitting the pilot too. The battle is over for Dupon who must now save the groceries and himself and tend to his wounds, but it is a long way back to base.
The others seem to be heading away from the battle…but Nungesser is closing on the slow Lohner.
Banfield and Nungesser close to long range and with Kohlhauser hitting something vital on the Nieuport, setting it on fire. Nungesser however goes one better hitting something even more vital and the second Lohner falls to the ground in pieces.
Nungesser’s fire starts to take hold
Brumkowski gets back on the tail of Jannello and finds his target (2) but then jams his guns!
….which is a shame as he was lined up nicely for a follow up.
Nungesser then takes out the engine of Gruber, forcing him home. Turek gets a big hit on Baracca (5) who returns with a big hit himself (3).
Nungesser takes 1 more fire damage but manages to get off a shot against Gruber form higher altitude (1+1) and Scaroni tries to score on the fleeing Urban but misses.
Fucini then hits the machine of Turek, giving him a flesh wound into the bargain.
Scaroni continues to chase Urban but cannot get him squarely in his sights. Links-Crawford has left the map due to his wounds.
Fucini follows up on Turek at long range and hits his target, other aircraft jostle for position.
…except for Scaroni who follows up on Urban
Nungessers fire takes hold completely (5) and brings down his plane in flames over the sea in enemy territory. Fucini follows up the attack on Turek and with good shooting (4+1) brings him down in the sea too.
….but Urban evades Scaroni and looks like he will escape.
Which he does…
Brumkowski gets a target on Jannello and opens fire (3), while D’Annunzio in the gun position fires on Hautzmeyer scoring minor damage and jamming his gun.
Brumkowski follows up with a short range shot which mortally wounds the Macchi bringing it down on an island in enemy territory.
The battle is thinning - to be continued
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